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Matt Broadhurst

Senior Principal Research Scientist
Biography

Matt Broadhurst’s research has involved developing technologies in various fisheries that mitigate unaccounted fishing mortality (and the associated wastage) and contribute towards the improved control of aquatic resource exploitation by fisheries management.

Contained within his research are categories of technical and scientific work, including: assessing the behaviour and physiology of fish and charismatic megafauna (sharks, dolphins and sea turtles) in relation to capture processes; inventing modifications to fishing gears and practices that reduce unwanted impacts; quantifying the mortality and sublethal physiological responses of organisms after interacting with, and then escaping or being discarded from fishing gears, and the broader ecosystem effects to support recommended management changes.

Featured Projects

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Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the southern and eastern shark and scale fish fishery and Great Australian Bight trawl sector

Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the southern and eastern shark and scale fish fishery and Great Australian Bight trawl sector

Refining and promoting technologies to reduce bycatch and habitat impacts while increasing fuel efficiencies throughout NSW prawn-trawl fisheries

Refining and promoting technologies to reduce bycatch and habitat impacts while increasing fuel efficiencies throughout NSW prawn-trawl fisheries

Population biology of octopus species in NSW: research to support a developmental octopus trap fishery

Refining and promoting technologies to reduce bycatch and habitat impacts while increasing fuel efficiencies throughout NSW prawn-trawl fisheries

Building knowledge and capacity to increase resilience to climate change

Building knowledge and capacity to increase resilience to climate change

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel genetic techniques

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel genetic techniques

Shark Management Strategy: shark repellent proof of concept

Shark Management Strategy: shark repellent proof of concept

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Qualifications and Achievements

DSc (2008) 

PhD (1997) 

MAppSc (1994) 

BAppSc (1987) 

Contact

Email: matt.broadhurst@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Research branch: Fisheries Conservation and Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems, Fisheries and Ecosystems Research

Location: Coffs Harbour